I think by the silence from Harty on this this thread that he may be in the doo doo. Ok, it was unwise for him to say it and on top of the tea towel comment as well but I word in his hear from the BBC is all that is needed and leave it at that. If he gets the sack a lot of people on here will...
I agree with Sam , there seems to be some confusion here, was what Harty said so outrageous, in context no, it is something people may use in banter each day, it is ok to use it on a BBC station, er , no, its a no brainer. I was not particularly offended and people asking for Harty to resign are...
I think Harty is great and he can say that in the pub but on air with 25000 people listening it is not ok. Imagine Jeremey Paxman interviewing Gordon Brown and Brown says something stupid. Do you think Paxman would say " Mr Brown you are a window licker ".
Not really.
Harty is a passionate bloke. He went over the top on this one it would appear. I am a big Harty fan but I have noticed a tendency if not a definate trend in that he does slag off NSC a lot on his show and deride the site and its contributors a lot which seems a bit hypocritical.